Last week I had the unfortunate task of talking to all the students about Book Care, again. I typically talk about this at the beginning of the school year only, but the books are being returned to the library in horrible condition. Sticky, dirty, full of crumbs, you name it. I could really use your help at home reminding them to take care of the books, ultimately it's their responsibility. If you'd like to purchase some gallon sized ziplock bags for your child's book, that might be a good solution also.

And finally......NEW BOOKS! These are a few of the books that have been added to our library, they are waiting to be checked out!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Scholastic Reading Counts has an App for our school iPads!!! We're so excited to get that on our iPads, kids are taking quizzes like crazy now! A big thanks to Mr. Ski and Mrs. Ploeg for helping with that process, we couldn't have done it without them.

The Pizza Hut Book It! calendars will be coming home with your students on Monday, Sept. 29. Please help them keep track of the minutes they are reading at home.

A big shout out goes to Mrs. Szymanski's Pre-K class, every student brought back their library book today! Way to go!

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Hello again! I'm back in the library, busy giving awesome books to amazing students! We've had almost every single class come to the library at least one time (K-LL and K-F will be in tomorrow), some classes have even been in a couple of times.
Reading Counts is off and running, I even have one student who has reached his 1 million word goal already!!! Our theme this year is "Reading Gives You Super Powers", feel free to check out Spiderman "hanging" out in the library, the students love him!
I've been reading Hooray for Hat! by Brian Won to some of the classes, we are loving it!

I think everyone should take a peek at this book, it's sure to make you smile :)

Monday, June 2, 2014

Today we had our Reading Counts party, students came to the Media Center for an ice cream sundae party. Thank you to all the amazing PTC volunteers for helping to put this together, the students loved it. I'd like to give a special thanks to Julie O. for working with me this year, I'm so excited she agreed to help me again next year!

Monday, March 31, 2014

In my "spare time" I like to read other school librarian blogs. While doing this, I stumbled upon the Shelf Challenge. Basically, I've pledged to read all the books on a randomly assigned shelf. I was assigned to read "K".

Sounds tough, but there is a "cheat" clause. I will read all of the picture books, but I can get by with reading just the jacket or blurb on the chapter books.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Here's a quick update on the students in the lead. You should have heard the sounds coming from the library when I announced that I make homemade marshmallows! Let me just say, some teachers want in on this party too :)

Alward Library Search

My Hubby and I, and our Tarheel

What is a fun chair?

At Alward, we have a few comfy chairs that the students LOVE to sit in! There is a rotating schedule by student number to keep it fair. That's where the Blog name came from, in case you were wondering.